SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016
‘Awakening Peace’ event
to be held at Honeyman
The
third
annual
“Awakening Peace” event will
be held Sunday, May 29, from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the
Recreational Meeting Hall at
Honeyman State Park.
The purpose of the event is
to reflect on and experience
peace, individually and collec-
tively.
Featured artists include the
Indian Education Program
drummers and dancers, poets
Noah Schultz and Stephen
Fowler, singer Jeff Lovejoy,
flautist Bruce Jarvis, and
Stephen Pierce of “Dances for
Peace International.”
There will also be craft
activities and snacks; bring
your own lunch.
Come for an hour or the
whole day.
The event is sponsored by
the Baha’is of Florence and
the Friends of Honeyman.
There is no charge and
everyone is welcome to attend.
Overeaters Anonymous
meetings begin in Florence
Anyone with issues regard-
ing food or weight are invited
to a new weekly meeting of
Overeaters Anonymous, each
Wednesday evening, from 7 to
8 p.m., at the Rose Room in
the Coast Village Clubhouse,
131 Rhody Loop (enter east
side of Coast Village at 27th
and Spruce and follow signs to
office/clubhouse).
Overeaters Anonymous is
not a diet club. There are no
dues, fees or weigh-ins. The
only requirement for member-
ship is a desire to stop disor-
dered eating, overeating or
eating compulsively.
Founded in 1960, OA views
overeating as a physical, emo-
tional and spiritual disease and
members seek recovery on all
three levels by following a 12-
step program patterned after
that
of
Alcoholics
Anonymous.
For more information, con-
tact Valerie at 503-775-6927
or Toria at 541-590-0738.
Library
Tidings
News about
the Siuslaw
Public Library
Library Tidings,
a regular feature
of the Siuslaw News,
features news about
upcoming Siuslaw
Public Library pro-
grams for adults and
children, new books
and videos, and other
library news of interest
to the community.
Library Tidings by
Kevin Mittge
Carrying Albert Home
By Homer Hickam
Book Review by Linda Weight
“Carrying Albert Home, The
Somewhat True Story of a Man,
His Wife and Her Alligator” by
Homer Hickam, is the humorous
story of his free-spirited mother
and long-suffering father, and
their 1,000 mile automobile trip
to take Albert, her pet alligator,
back to Florida.
It was 1930 and the Great
Depression was in full swing.
Elsie Lavender did not want to
stay in Coalwood, WV., after
graduating from high school.
And when her high-school
sweetheart (Homer, senior)
asked her to marry him, she bolt-
ed for Florida to visit her uncle.
While there, she met Buddy
Ebsen (yes, that Buddy Ebsen),
and they had a brief summer
romance. But Ebsen left to go to
New York City to pursue his
career and Elsie, giving up on a
glamorous life in Florida, gave
in and went back to West
Virginia to accept Homer’s offer
of marriage.
Not long after, a 5-inch baby
alligator arrived in the mail from
Ebsen as, of all things, a wed-
ding present. Elsie named him
Albert.
Albert survived the West
Virginia winters, living in their
bathtub, and grew and grew,
until, one day, Homer said, “It’s
me or the alligator!”
So Elsie decided Albert must
be taken back to Florida and she
persuaded Homer senior to take
time off from the mines and
drive her and Albert to Florida.
Their trip, which took much
longer than originally planned,
was full of wild and comic mis-
adventures as well as some truly
frightening episodes.
“Carrying Albert Home” is by
turns sweet, funny and occasion-
ally heart-breaking, as Elsie dis-
covers how much she values her
life with Homer, who does more
than any man should have to do
to make her happy.
A fine example of southern
storytelling, it is available on the
New Fiction display.
Summer Reading is
around the corner!
This year’s summer reading
program begins June 1. The
theme this year focuses on sports
and exercise. Specifically, for
children the theme is “On Your
Mark, Get Set, Read!”
The theme for teens is “Get in
the Game: Read!” and the theme
for adults is “Exercise Your
Mind: Read!”
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As with each year’s program
look for fun filled programming,
for all ages, throughout the
months of June and July.
All age groups will be able to
earn or win exciting prizes.
Registration opens June 1.
Everyone is welcome and
encouraged to sign up. Look for
more information in the packets
you receive when you register.
Don’t forget DanceAbility
International
Tomorrow, Thursday, May 26,
at 1 p.m., come to the library to
learn about the DanceAbility
International program from
world-renowned choreographer
Alito Alessi.
He will speak about mixed-
abilities dance, connecting peo-
ple of all abilities and disabili-
ties. And then Saturday, May
28, at 11 a.m., Alessi will hold a
90-minute workshop for people
of all abilities in the library’s
Bromley Room.
In this dance and creative
movement workshop, Alessi will
share how to work with basic
concepts of movement improvi-
sation, explore sense and sensa-
tion, communicate non-verbally
with partners, and much more.
Don’t miss this fun, free pub-
lic event open to everyone.
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YACHATS — The 19th
annual Spring Arts and Crafts
Festival by Crafts on the Coast
will feature more than 70
exhibitors inside the Yachats
Commons, during Memorial
Weekend, May 28, from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m., and May 29,
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Admission to this family-
friendly event is free.
The Yachats Commons is a
beautiful, refurbished elemen-
tary school. Room after room
and hallway will be filled with
70 of the best artisans from the
Pacific Northwest, including a
large number of award win-
ners.
From gourmet foods to fine
art, jewelry, clothing, wood,
metal, fabric, paper and glass
art, to bath and body products,
garden art, dog treats, mosaics,
toys, photography, baskets,
pottery and rugs, this selection
offers something for everyone
in everyone's budget.
Green art is featured with
many artisans using recycled
materials to turn out truly
amazing items. This is a great
opportunity to find the perfect
gifts for dads, grads, weddings
and spring birthdays.
Gifts take on new meaning
when you get to know the per-
son creating them. Many of the
artisans at the festival will be
demonstrating their arts includ-
ing wool spinning, basket
weaving, needle felting, bead-
ing and jewelry making. Take
some time to watch and be
amazed.
Gourmet food producers will
be offering tastes of their prod-
ucts
including
Ramune
Arlauskas, the Cuisine Mentor,
who will have samples of his
gourmet ethnic spice blends;
April Johns will be offering
samples of Oregon Flavor
Rack salt free seasonings and
condiments and Ethel Stratton
will be offering samples of
Celia’s Gourmet Balsamics,
authentic, Italian, barrel-aged
traditional and white balsamic
vinegars and oil.
Have a seat and relax with a
pick-me-up in the Cafe where
Debi Degele of The Depoe
Baykery will offer an array of
delightful original recipe baked
goods and beverages for sale
throughout the weekend.
Harold Toliver, LMT, will be
offering soothing chair mas-
sage throughout the weekend.
Crafts on the Coast always
offers community groups,
using crafts as a way of
fundraising, free booth space in
the festival.
This year, the Yachats Ladies
Club will be featuring a large
variety of handmade items for
sale. The Scholarship Quilt will
be on display and tickets for the
quilt raffle will be available for
purchase.
The money from these
endeavors goes to various char-
itable groups.
The Yachats Volunteer Fire
Department will be offering
tsunami awareness information
as well as crafts for sale; stop
by and learn something new
and useful.
Featured artisans include:
Hanna Hagen, Raku ceramic
sculptures; Barbara Hascall,
soaps, lotions and lip balms;
Harold Toliver, licensed chair
massage therapist; David
Brady, bellows, fine woodcraft
and photography; Charmaine
Pesnell, multi award-winning
bead artist; Victor Gushov, fine
art; Lucie Swam, birchwood
roses; Joe Blakely, author of 10
books about Oregon; Bob Hall,
copper decorative metal art;
Julia Bishop, bath and body
products; Martin Gabbert, Fern
Bottom Forge, fancy and func-
tional iron work; April Johns,
Oregon Flavor Rack salt free
seasonings; Debbie Simpson,
embroidered clothing; Barbara
Haddad, ceramic tile art; Linda
Lessner, hand dipped candles;
Jeff and Kim Wiktorski, air
plants/terrariums and mixed
media; Linda Knox, stained
glass; and Carol Morrison, fab-
ric accessories.
If you like pie, visit the
Yachats Ladies Club Annual
Pie Social at the Yachats Ladies
Club, 286 W. Third St., from 11
a.m. to 3 p.m., or until the pies
are gone. Handmade pies will
be available by the slice with or
without ice cream.
On Sunday, The Yachats
Lions Club is holding its annu-
al pancake breakfast from 7:30
to 11:30 a.m., at the Lions Hall
on Fourth Street, in Yachats.
Also on Sunday, The Yachats
Farmers Market will be on
Fourth Street featuring home
grown veggies and craft items.
The 19th Annual Spring Arts
and Crafts Fesitval by Crafts
on the Coast takes place inside
the Yachats Commons, 441
Highway 101, at Fourth St., in
Yachats.
Admission and parking are
free.
City Lights to screen golfing legend documentary
City Lights Cinemas will
present a special engagement
screening of “Seve: The
Coastal Conference on Faith
Saturday, June 4th, 2016 • 9:00 am- 3:00pm
Location: Florence Christian Church @ 990 2nd St.
Featured Speaker
LAURA MORETT
of Survivor Realty TV series.
Laura is an inspirational speaker for both men and women on
being a Survivor and Finishing Strong in their faith.
Cost: $10 in advance/ $15 at the door
Includes lunch and child care up to age 10.
Limited Seating…Get your tickets early!
MUSIC • ICEBREAKERS • DOOR PRIZES
For registration, tickets and information:
www.revival-l orence.info or call Bill Specht 503-508-4314
or purchase tickets from Florence Christian Church,
Mon. -h u. 9am-3pm or call 541-997-2961
Movie,” the inspirational life
story of golfing legend Seve
Ballesteros, the son of a farmer
whose sheer passion made him
a golf star.
The film will have matinee
and evening screenings on
Thursday, May 26, at 12:30 and
6:30 p.m.
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All proceeds will be donated
to Rotary’s Cool at the Coast
event, Aug. 6, at Oregon Dunes
Golf Links, supporting Rotary
International's Polio Plus pro-
gram.
“The scenes of the brothers
celebrating Seve’s first title
were quite emotional,” says
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Michael Falter, owner of City
Lights Cinemas. “It crystalized
for me why people really fall in
love with the sport. And I
admired the way the film vacil-
lated between documentary
and dramatizations — it is very
well done.”
Severiano
“Seve”
Ballesteros Sota was a Spanish
professional golfer who was
one of the sport’s leading fig-
ures from the mid-1970s to the
mid-1990s. A member of a gift-
ed golfing family, he won more
than 90 international tourna-
ments in an illustrious career,
including five major champi-
onships between 1979 and
1988: The Open Championship
three times, and the Masters
Tournament twice. He gained
attention in the golfing world
in 1976, when at the age of 19,
he finished second at The
Open.
Regular ticket prices apply:
$9 Regular, $8 for senior,
$7.50 for matinee shows and
$6.50 for City Lights members.
City Lights Cinemas oper-
ates 4 screens at 1930 Highway
101, in Florence.
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